Jim Jacobi

President & Founder at Parkland Communities

Speaker

Jim Jacobi is a glass-half-full optimist and self-made successful entrepreneur with an extensive career in residential development and home building around Atlanta, GA. He has founded several successful ventures in his career, including the four that he currently leads: Parkland Communities, a multifaceted real estate development and investment firm; Parkland Residential, an innovative build-to-rent company and Parkland Homes, a for-sale home building company, and Prim Properties, a property management company.

Jacobi has created and sold two prominent companies. JEH Homes purchased by Taylor Morrison for $70+ million in 2015 and Alliance Engineering + Planning, which sold in November 2022 to LJA Engineering for $20 million.

At present, Jacobi has +2,000 lots in his pipeline, including build-for-sale and build-for-rent projects focused on providing essential housing for the missing middle.